# 1982 Texas Rangers season

The 1982 Texas Rangers season was the 22nd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 11th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 11th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 64 wins and 98 losses.

## Offseason

* December 11, 1981: Jim Kern was traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Doug Flynn and Dan Boitano.
* January 12, 1982: Scott Bailes was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.
* March 26, 1982: Bump Wills was traded by the Rangers to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Mirabella, a player to be named later, and cash. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Paul Semall (minors) to the Rangers on April 21.
* March 31, 1982: Al Oliver was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Larry Parrish and Dave Hostetler.

## Regular season

* July 10, 1982: Larry Parrish hit his third grand slam of the week for the Rangers.

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| California Angels | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 52‍–‍29 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Kansas City Royals | 90 | 72 | .556 | 3 | 56‍–‍25 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Chicago White Sox | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 49‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍44 |
| Seattle Mariners | 76 | 86 | .469 | 17 | 42‍–‍39 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Oakland Athletics | 68 | 94 | .420 | 25 | 36‍–‍45 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Texas Rangers | 64 | 98 | .395 | 29 | 38‍–‍43 | 26‍–‍55 |
| Minnesota Twins | 60 | 102 | .370 | 33 | 37‍–‍44 | 23‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1982 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 9–4–1 | 8–4 | 11–2 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 10–3 |
| Boston | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–6 |
| California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 8–4 |
| Chicago | 7–5 | 8–4 | 5–8 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–10 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 8–4 |
| Cleveland | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–7 | 2–10 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| Detroit | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 7–6 | — | 6–6 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 10–2 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
| Milwaukee | 4–9–1 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 5–7 | — | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–4 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 2–10 | 3–10 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| New York | 2–11 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 10–2 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 5–7 | — | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–9 |
| Seattle | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | — | 9–4 | 7–5 |
| Texas | 3–9 | 2–10 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 4–9 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 3–10 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 1, 1982: Nelson Norman was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Víctor Cruz.
* April 1, 1982: Ron Darling and Walt Terrell were traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Lee Mazzilli.
* June 7, 1982: Randy Kramer was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).
* August 8, 1982: Lee Mazzilli was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Bucky Dent.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Jim Sundberg | 139 | 470 | 118 | .251 | 10 | 47 |
| 1B | Dave Hostetler | 113 | 418 | 97 | .232 | 22 | 67 |
| 2B | Mike Richardt | 119 | 402 | 97 | .241 | 3 | 43 |
| SS | Mark Wagner | 60 | 179 | 43 | .240 | 0 | 8 |
| 3B | Buddy Bell | 148 | 537 | 159 | .296 | 13 | 67 |
| LF | Billy Sample | 97 | 360 | 94 | .261 | 10 | 29 |
| CF | George Wright | 150 | 557 | 147 | .264 | 11 | 50 |
| RF | Larry Parrish | 128 | 440 | 116 | .264 | 17 | 62 |
| DH | Lamar Johnson | 105 | 324 | 84 | .259 | 7 | 38 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Johnny Grubb | 103 | 308 | 86 | .279 | 3 | 26 |
| Doug Flynn | 88 | 270 | 57 | .211 | 0 | 19 |
| Lee Mazzilli | 58 | 195 | 47 | .241 | 4 | 17 |
| Bill Stein | 85 | 184 | 44 | .239 | 1 | 16 |
| Bucky Dent | 46 | 146 | 32 | .219 | 1 | 14 |
| Pat Putnam | 43 | 122 | 28 | .230 | 2 | 9 |
| Leon Roberts | 31 | 73 | 17 | .233 | 1 | 6 |
| Wayne Tolleson | 38 | 70 | 8 | .114 | 0 | 2 |
| Mickey Rivers | 19 | 68 | 16 | .235 | 1 | 4 |
| Pete O'Brien | 20 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 4 | 13 |
| Terry Bogener | 24 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 1 | 4 |
| Don Werner | 22 | 59 | 12 | .203 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Johnson | 20 | 56 | 7 | .125 | 2 | 7 |
| Randy Bass | 16 | 48 | 10 | .208 | 1 | 6 |
| Mario Mendoza | 12 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Capra | 13 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 1 | 1 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Charlie Hough | 34 | 228.0 | 16 | 13 | 3.95 | 128 |
| Frank Tanana | 30 | 194.1 | 7 | 18 | 4.21 | 87 |
| Rick Honeycutt | 30 | 164.0 | 5 | 17 | 5.27 | 64 |
| Doc Medich | 21 | 122.2 | 7 | 11 | 5.06 | 37 |
| John Butcher | 18 | 94.1 | 1 | 5 | 4.87 | 39 |
| Mike Smithson | 8 | 46.2 | 3 | 4 | 5.01 | 24 |
| Mike Mason | 4 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.09 | 8 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jon Matlack | 33 | 147.2 | 7 | 7 | 3.53 | 78 |
| Dave Schmidt | 33 | 109.2 | 4 | 6 | 3.20 | 69 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Danny Darwin | 56 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3.44 | 61 |
| Paul Mirabella | 40 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4.80 | 29 |
| Steve Comer | 37 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5.10 | 23 |
| Dan Boitano | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.34 | 28 |
| Tom Henke | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.15 | 9 |
| Jim Farr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | 6 |

### Awards and honors

* Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1982
All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Denver Bears | American Association | Rich Donnelly |
| AA | Tulsa Drillers | Texas League | Tom Burgess |
| A | Burlington Rangers | Midwest League | Marty Scott |
| Rookie | GCL Rangers | Gulf Coast League | Tom Grieve |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa